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Definition of denialist in English:

denialist

noun

A person who refuses to admit the truth of a concept or proposition that is supported by the majority of scientific or historical evidence.

‘the small minority of very vocal climate change denialists’

as modifier‘the denialist view’

‘The denialist position within the government has put the fear of God into the medical establishment, who will do nothing to counter it.’

‘The HIV denialists do not all belong in one category.’

‘We need to recognise that the denialist movement is a true grass-roots phenomenon, though this does not make it any less reactionary.’

‘And just, by the by, you are about the third or fourth left-winger I have seen on the net saying that the dissidents "are more properly termed denialists".’

‘Thank you for Talbot's excellent series of articles debunking the myths propagated by the AIDS denialists.’

‘But many in the medical establishment say the sacking of her deputy is evidence that he remains an "Aids denialist" who questions the link between HIV and the disease.’

‘It is probably true that The Day After Tomorrow's special effects-driven excesses have given the greenhouse denialists a propaganda free kick.’

‘Until recently, AIDS researchers and activists in the United States tended to regard the denialists with derision, assuming they would fade away.’

‘While the greenhouse denialists reject such scenarios outright, more hard-headed ruling-class planners take them more seriously.’

‘But denialists have never been interested in understanding the science, after all, if they understood it, they could not be in denial anymore.’

‘They are the problem, and they need to acknowledge that fact and start cleaning up their own mess rather than spouting denialist rhetoric.’

‘Those who did speak up were "bludgeoned quite strongly" and labelled denialists.’

‘Then there's the well-funded greenhouse denialist think-tanks on the lookout for any evidence, argument or anecdote that might raise public doubts - legitimate or otherwise - about the growing strength of the scientific consensus.’

‘He hints darkly that, though some 'denialists' are 'not evil', others 'cross the line between what could arguably be protected free speech'.’

‘Since the denialists are denying, drastic measures are required.’

‘The denialist side was actively subverting the peer review process.’

‘So far the pattern is for the emails to look a lot less suspicious once they're put into context, and for the denialists to oversell what they've found.’

‘He came under the influence of a group of maverick scientists known as Aids denialists.’

‘To the skeptics' discomfort, their arguments are frequently quoted by the denialists.’